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the agreement was signed last saturday in geneva, september 14th. and secretary of state kerry said at that point there is a one week deadline for syria to declare its full stockpile of chemical weapons. so that one week is up this weekend. and the world believes that syria has something like 1,000 tons total of sarin gas, mustard gas, and vx. and the international community, through has agreement, has said quite clearly all of those weapons have to be declared if you put a generous spin on the one week, it's the very latest this saturday. so, the clock is very much ticking right now on the first test of syria's seriousness. >> and jonathan, from the very beginning critics have questioned, so what happens if syria does not comply? does this then become a test of the united nations? >> it very much becomes a test of the united nations. the problem here is that the russians, who are a member of the security council, and a veto bearing member of that security council, have said quite clearly that even if russia fails to comply with this first deadline,
the agreement was signed last saturday in geneva, september 14th. and secretary of state kerry said at that point there is a one week deadline for syria to declare its full stockpile of chemical weapons. so that one week is up this weekend. and the world believes that syria has something like 1,000 tons total of sarin gas, mustard gas, and vx. and the international community, through has agreement, has said quite clearly all of those weapons have to be declared if you put a generous spin on the...
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the unites nations to follow through on the agreement that russia and the united states reached in geneva, an agreement that clear live said, this must be enforceable, it must be done as soon as possible, it must be real. we need everyone's help in order to see that the security council lives up to its founding values, and passes a binding resolution that codifies the strongest possible mechanism to achieve the gold -- goal and achieve it rapidly. we need to make the initiative meaningful, and in order to eliminate syria's cw program and to do it with transparency and the full accountability, it's important we accomplish the goal in new york and accomplish it as rapidly as possible. thank you all. >> mr. secretary, could you -- >> on a re -- >> there you have it. >> do you think the president might meet with -- >> there you have it, secretary -- >> what iran said? >> the white house needs to speak -- >> is it a positive sign? this interview? >> comments have been very positive. everything needs to be put to the test and see where we go, and at the right moment the white house will make cl
the unites nations to follow through on the agreement that russia and the united states reached in geneva, an agreement that clear live said, this must be enforceable, it must be done as soon as possible, it must be real. we need everyone's help in order to see that the security council lives up to its founding values, and passes a binding resolution that codifies the strongest possible mechanism to achieve the gold -- goal and achieve it rapidly. we need to make the initiative meaningful, and...
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the secretary of state and russian foreign minister are heading to geneva to talk about syria's chemical weapons. both are bringing experts with them to talk about the details of putting the weapons under international controls. five permanent members wrapped off meeting tonight the discussion to create a syrian chemical weapons draft resolution. reports say the french version would give syria 15 days to declare their weapons and make them available for information before they are destroyed. tonight in new york the annual tribute in light shines into the sky to remember and honor the
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. >> warner: iran now says it will present its plan to resolve the standoff in geneva next month. >> woodruff: i spoke to margaret who is reporting from the united nations a short time ago. margaret, hello again. it has been a remarkable week at the united nations in new york, culminating with this phone call president obama just disclosed this afternoon that he had with the iranian president, historic, the first contact between the two leaders since 1979. how significant is this? >> warner: judy, i think the phone call is hugely significant. the iranians put out a statement almost right away to say that the president had gotten in touch with him as president rouhani was speeding toward the airport in the back of his car. and i think what you heard from president obama was in a way matching the-- if not fulsom, certainly very hopeful, optimistic rhetoric we've00 hearing all week from rouhani. and i think when president obama talked about reaching an agreement expeditiously, about really thinking there was the basis for something, it was more enthusiastic, if i may use that word, than
. >> warner: iran now says it will present its plan to resolve the standoff in geneva next month. >> woodruff: i spoke to margaret who is reporting from the united nations a short time ago. margaret, hello again. it has been a remarkable week at the united nations in new york, culminating with this phone call president obama just disclosed this afternoon that he had with the iranian president, historic, the first contact between the two leaders since 1979. how significant is this?...
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it won't be easy, as nbc's ian williams reports from geneva. >> this is an incredibly ambitious agreement. one senior u.s. official described it as daunting to say the least. the first key test comes in just a week when syria is required to come up with a full accounting of its chemical stockpile. >> reporter: president obama, briefed by national security adviser susan rice issued a statement welcoming the agreement and saying again the threat of u.s. military force opened the way to a diplomatic solution. in his weekly media address the president pledged to follow both courses. >> we will maintain our military posture in the region to keep the pressure on the assad regime. >> reporter: but the white house gave up on including force as part of a u.n. position. they cited russia's opposition reiterated by lavrov again today. >> translator: of course in this approach if we don't there is nothing said about the use of force. >> reporter: today john mccain and lindsey graham said the plan is meaningless without a u.s. threat of force and does nothing to resolve the underlying civil war. priva
it won't be easy, as nbc's ian williams reports from geneva. >> this is an incredibly ambitious agreement. one senior u.s. official described it as daunting to say the least. the first key test comes in just a week when syria is required to come up with a full accounting of its chemical stockpile. >> reporter: president obama, briefed by national security adviser susan rice issued a statement welcoming the agreement and saying again the threat of u.s. military force opened the way...
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syria's chemical weapons for the latest on this, we go right now to ian williams standing by for us in geneva. ian, good morning. >> good morning to you, thomas. that's right. we do have an agreement after three days of negotiations. now john kerry called this agreement a step, he said the implementation of this agreement would have to take place by the middle of next year. this was a number of quite tight deadlines. he said that by the end of -- within one week, syria must fully declare its nuclear arsenal. he said that by the beginning of november, they must give unfettered access to u.n. nuclear inspectors. now these are pretty tough deadlines. where there wasn't so much clear-cut agreement was over the use of force. kerry said that if the syrians didn't fully comply, if they dragged their feet, then this would be referred to the security council under what they call chapter 7 and under that the use of force is one option. but the russians also pointed out there are many other options and it wouldn't necessarily lead rapidly to the use of force if there was noncompliance. >> ian williams r
syria's chemical weapons for the latest on this, we go right now to ian williams standing by for us in geneva. ian, good morning. >> good morning to you, thomas. that's right. we do have an agreement after three days of negotiations. now john kerry called this agreement a step, he said the implementation of this agreement would have to take place by the middle of next year. this was a number of quite tight deadlines. he said that by the end of -- within one week, syria must fully declare...
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>> you know, much of what we see in the geneva convention, for example, or other rules of war, have come from a christian philosophy that has developed these principles and saying you can't do this or that, even within a just war. and one of those is a chemical warfare. and so, yes, we have to say that was terrible if it happened. but what the pope is saying right now is don't rush to judgment about what the next step should be. and i think it's a good thing that we're waiting. no matter what the motives are of the president. >> father, good to see you. >> thanks, guys. >> michael moore, the filmmaker, booted from the oscars documentary board. and one big-time producer could not be happier about it. why? >>> then, the frightening moment a race car driver flipped his car. the car then caught fire. he was trapped inside. came about as close to death as you can but did survive. and he joins us next to explain how. hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain. it's hard to describe, because you have a numbness, but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was
>> you know, much of what we see in the geneva convention, for example, or other rules of war, have come from a christian philosophy that has developed these principles and saying you can't do this or that, even within a just war. and one of those is a chemical warfare. and so, yes, we have to say that was terrible if it happened. but what the pope is saying right now is don't rush to judgment about what the next step should be. and i think it's a good thing that we're waiting. no matter...
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now back to syria and prospects for a deal in geneva. jeffrey brown has more. >> even as secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov resumed talks today. the wall street journal reported that a syrian military unit was scattering the country's chemical weapons stockpile. for the latest on that and on the talks, i'm joined by new york times diplomatic correspondent michael gordon in geneva. and "wall street journal" military reporter julian barnes. michael gordon, let me start with you. let's talk first about the progress there. where is there general agreement so far, regarding syria's weapons and what should be done about them? >> well, secretary john kerry has been meeting with his russian counter-part sergei lavrov, they have really been getting in nitty-gritty of this. the general expectation is they're going to announce some sort of diplomatic understanding between the two sides tomorrow on how to approach syria's chemical weapons stocks, how to control them, how to destroy them. and there was progress o
now back to syria and prospects for a deal in geneva. jeffrey brown has more. >> even as secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov resumed talks today. the wall street journal reported that a syrian military unit was scattering the country's chemical weapons stockpile. for the latest on that and on the talks, i'm joined by new york times diplomatic correspondent michael gordon in geneva. and "wall street journal" military reporter julian barnes....
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-russia agreement hammered out saturday in geneva will be hammered into a u.n. security council resolution. the government must provide an inventory of all weapons within a week. the chemical weapons must then be removed or destroyed by 2014. if syria fails to comply, the u.s. and russia are to return to the u.n. security council to explore how to punish the regime. on that last point, kerry insisted today the agreement authorizes the use of military force. but in moscow, the foreign minister strongly disagreed. he said threatening force won't bring peace to syria. >> if we want to solve the problem of destroying syrian chemical weapons then the u.s.-russian road map open's real, concrete and practical solution. if some find it more important to threaten, intimidate, to look for a reason to attack and this is probably a way to hint to the opponents that new provocations are expected from them. >> at the white house today president obama sounded with hope and skepticism calling the agreement an important step but an interim one. >> we're not there yet but if prop
-russia agreement hammered out saturday in geneva will be hammered into a u.n. security council resolution. the government must provide an inventory of all weapons within a week. the chemical weapons must then be removed or destroyed by 2014. if syria fails to comply, the u.s. and russia are to return to the u.n. security council to explore how to punish the regime. on that last point, kerry insisted today the agreement authorizes the use of military force. but in moscow, the foreign minister...
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kerry went to geneva to work on details with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. in geneva, you were supposed to be going into a formal meeting with your counterpart foreign minister lavrov. but instead, you surprised him at the swimming pool at the hotel. what was that all about? why did you make that choice? and what did you get out of that, if anything? >> kerry: well, we got an agreement out of that. i just thought that-- it was a moment for a little different kind of diplomacy and-- it'd be a little more personal and human about it. and he was out there, and i took advantage of it. and we just had a relaxed conversation by the pool. sometimes those things just work better than getting everybody in the room and getting into formal mode. >> pelley: and you-- you sat down there by the pool and said, "now, look..." >> kerry: pretty much. >> pelley: "...let's do this deal." >> kerry: "let's get at it." well, in between each of us fighting for a word, yeah. >> pelley: we noticed his informal side in geneva when kerry couldn't hear the translation of a lavrov statem
kerry went to geneva to work on details with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. in geneva, you were supposed to be going into a formal meeting with your counterpart foreign minister lavrov. but instead, you surprised him at the swimming pool at the hotel. what was that all about? why did you make that choice? and what did you get out of that, if anything? >> kerry: well, we got an agreement out of that. i just thought that-- it was a moment for a little different kind of diplomacy...
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matthew chance is covering the talks for us in geneva. matthew, syrian president bashar al assad wants the u.s. to absolutely call off this threat of a potentialilitary strike or attack. the kruu.s. says no. how serious is this possible roadblock? >> reporter: i think it's a pretty serious roadblock. probably the principle obstacle in the way between the americans and the russians in forging an agreement on this issue of chemical weapons. it's the russians as well who believe in principle, the idea of a country like syria being forced to disarm while another country, the united states, has -- is preparing a military strike against it potentially, is something that is not conducive to that happening. and so they're very much working against that. they want the united states to lift that threat of military action against it. the u.s., for its part, believes that without the credible threat of military action against syria, nothing will happen and it won't live up to the commitments that it hopes syria will make. >> what about some of the me
matthew chance is covering the talks for us in geneva. matthew, syrian president bashar al assad wants the u.s. to absolutely call off this threat of a potentialilitary strike or attack. the kruu.s. says no. how serious is this possible roadblock? >> reporter: i think it's a pretty serious roadblock. probably the principle obstacle in the way between the americans and the russians in forging an agreement on this issue of chemical weapons. it's the russians as well who believe in...
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here's some video of secretary kerry and the russian foreign minister in geneva. in a news conference after their meeting today, secretary kerry said the talks have been constructive. >>> meantime, today in india, the four men convicted of raping and murdering a woman on a bus, they were sentenced to death. in handing down the sentence, the judge says it sends a message there can be no tolerance for such a savage crime. anger over the attack set off demonstrations across india and propted lawmakers to tougher, anti-rape laws. >>> a man is behind cars in connection with a bloody attack at san francisco's library. 25-year-old clifton moore hit someone in the head. police say the 61-year-old victim was using a computer on the first floor when he was suddenly hit with a chair. several witnesses were able to point out the suspect to police. he was taken into custody. no word on a motive for the attack. >>> city leaders in san francisco are celebrating a new apartment complex for low- income families and formerly homeless people. it's being built at broadway and samsun.
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administration officials had been hesitant to give a timeline to when they want to see some progress from geneva. those talks between secretary kerry and his russian counterpart lavrov. but they have put a timeline on it, telling us they hope to see progress in the next few weeks in terms of how they define progress, would be something verifiable, something they can put their arms around that in fact assad is turning over his chemical weapons, they're falling under international control and the weapons are starting to be destroyed. the mechanism, senior u.s. officials say, they'd like to see all this happen would be through a u.n. security council resolution that would specifically state that assad is turning over those kim cal weapons weapons weapons and -- chemical weapons and they're going to be destroyed but's officials acknowledging a big caveat. they would not include in that u.n. security council resolution the idea that military force would be authorized if the weapons are not turned over. the reason being they know even if the russians are helpful -- that's a big if in terms of chemical
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after marathon talks in geneva, secretary kerry and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov discussed the chemical weapons. >> there can be no games, no room for avoidance. >> reporter: how does it all break down? the proposed timeline is ambitious. syria has to provide an account of the chemical weapons within a week. inspectors on the ground by november and the entire stockpile destroyed or removed by the middle of next year. left unsaid, what happens if syria doesn't comply. those details are still being worked out. and could include sanctions. but in a concession to russia, the u.s. has said the u.n. resolution doesn't have to threat p military action. white house officials insist the president has the right to launch a military strike without the u.n. if assad stalls. >> the president of the united states always retains the right to defend the united states of america and our interests. >> reporter: republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham slammed the deal, calling it meaningless without a specific threat of military force. other lawmakers are also weighing in. >> putin pla
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he plans to prove that at talks in geneva next month. for "cbs this morning saturday," kelly cobiella london. >>> they approved a plan to secure syria's chemical weapons but it lacks any teeth to punish damascus if it doesn't cooperate. it was unanimously adopted by the council's 15 members last night. it demands it hands over the chemicals for destruction but doesn't talk about using force if syria refuses. >> it happen heard in central park here in new york. an all-starr festival featuring the biggest names in muchlt tickets are free but it could be a real cost your conscience. >> he's trying to bring attention to his music. >> reporter: the global citizens festival brought some of the biggest names to new york's central park last year. a free concert for 60,000 people where the only price of admission was an online commitment to help end world poverty. >> i can't believe it. >> reporter: the rock star behind the movement? 30-year-old humanitarian hugh evans is back for an encore. >> we don't want your money. we want your voice. money
he plans to prove that at talks in geneva next month. for "cbs this morning saturday," kelly cobiella london. >>> they approved a plan to secure syria's chemical weapons but it lacks any teeth to punish damascus if it doesn't cooperate. it was unanimously adopted by the council's 15 members last night. it demands it hands over the chemicals for destruction but doesn't talk about using force if syria refuses. >> it happen heard in central park here in new york. an...
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they question the hope of a breakthrough at a plant peace conference in geneva. speaking to the bbc in new york addressing the un's general assembly, he said the conference turkey, qatar,le and others continue to supply weapons. with more, jeremy bowen. is biggerd crisis than the war in syria. it may be too late to stop the killing and definitely too soon for any side in the war to admit defeat, but countries, including britain, are trying to arrange a peace conference in geneva. foreign minister here in new york for the u n general assembly says syria would go to geneva, but the conference would never work while saudi arabia, qatar, and turkey continued to aid the armed rebels. geneva,he success of committing itself to refraining from supplying army and financing, smuggling all of these terrorists. >> in the netherlands, u.n. inspectors are leaving for serious to find and neutralize serious chemical weapons. 's chemical weapons. some of the sites are in territory controlled by the rebels. we will do our best in our circumstances to cooperate. outside world neces
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general hayden, we heard secretary kerry there talk about no geneva convention. they have no intention of boots on the ground. but you really can't promise that when you're about to enter a military engagement, right? >> no, and you shouldn't try to promise it. i can imagine circumstance where is you might have to do that. what if an aircraft goes down? you put people on the ground. this shows the difficulty of trying to craft a language that satisfies everyone. there is just going to have to be faith and confidence between the president as congress. congress can't think of all the possible circumstances they might want to limit the president only. and the president can't live with limited freedom of action when he puts americans into harm way. >> general, general dempsey, we know he's skeptical of what force in syria can accomplish. i want to play this exchange. >> the answer to whether i support additional support for the modern opposition is yes. and this authorization will support those activities in addition to responding to the weapons of mass destruction.
general hayden, we heard secretary kerry there talk about no geneva convention. they have no intention of boots on the ground. but you really can't promise that when you're about to enter a military engagement, right? >> no, and you shouldn't try to promise it. i can imagine circumstance where is you might have to do that. what if an aircraft goes down? you put people on the ground. this shows the difficulty of trying to craft a language that satisfies everyone. there is just going to...
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., iran and five other world powers are meeting for nuclear talks in geneva next month. >> well, the last u.s. president to speak with an iranian leader was jimmy carter. >>> a search and rescue operation continues in indian this morning after an apartment building collapses in mumbai. at least 25 people are dead. rescuers have been able to pull 30 people from the rubble, including several small children. the the third collapse in six months. arg baltimore woman can asking the public for help in finding her long time pet. the pet is a 20-year-old tortoise. he is a big guy. he escaped from the backyard weeks ago. he is move quickly. he may be in a low liar area low lying area and could be stuck. >> i like his name. >> tortly. >> yes. >> i bet he can move. >> yeah. >> he might be wedged somewhere. >> they will find him. >>> coming up next on eyewitness news saturday morning -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the exclusive eye witness news first warning five-day forecast, today, 76 degrees. and tomorrow, 75. and the temperatures take a hit and then 78, 81 and 81, with the lows down in the mid
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it was pretty much greed in geneva, backing up the framework those two men came up with, dissolving syria of its chemical weapons. i understand from diplomats here that the text is watered down, not as strident as perhaps the americans or british would like. parts the u.n. charter force could be used if the resolution isn't compliant with it. that will still be referred to in there. it's not going to be as tough as some of the western powers would like, soaking up slightly more of russia's desires here. so much on the plate of those two men in their meeting, fredricka. >> looking forward to hearing the result of that. nick paton walsh, thank you so much. we'll bring you all the details right here on cnn. >> it will be a fascinating day in new york at the u.n. so many different branches of diplomacy being reached out. >>> the stories of survival continue from that mall attack in kenya. >> people running for their lives, one man taking cover in a flower bed outside the mall, just hoping he would make it through after getting shot. his story, coming up next. [ cheering ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male a
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andrea mitchell is in geneva, andrea, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. well, vladimir putin seems to be trying to gain the pr advantage with that blast of the op-ed in the "new york times" blasting the u.s. and blaming the rebels, not the assad regime for the chemical attacks. as john kerry arrived in geneva this morning, officials traveling with him were dismissive of putin's guest column saying that is not what he and his foreign minister are telling them. putin claims every reason to believe that sarin gas was used by opposition forces. a u.s. strike would unleash a new wave of terrorism in the region. he also takes a swipe at president obama's speech saying it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. later today, kerry will meet with his russian counterpart to find out was putin's column just clever pr or are the russians really serious about eliminating assad's chemical weapons? they're counting on putin having a lot at stake. >> i think putin has put prestige on the line. >> reporter: zigzagging from military thr
andrea mitchell is in geneva, andrea, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. well, vladimir putin seems to be trying to gain the pr advantage with that blast of the op-ed in the "new york times" blasting the u.s. and blaming the rebels, not the assad regime for the chemical attacks. as john kerry arrived in geneva this morning, officials traveling with him were dismissive of putin's guest column saying that is not what he and his foreign minister are telling them. putin...
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let's listen to what secretary of state kerry said about that in geneva yesterday. >> in the case of the assad regime, president reagan's old adage of trust but verify, that is a need of an update we have committed to a standard that says verify and verify. >> verify and verify. how do you do that because as greg palkot showed us life does go on to some dedegree degree in damascus. it's difficult to do this in peace time. >> it is difficult there are clear bench marks that you can have and if you don't reach those bench marks it will be clear that assad is not living up to the agreement. i think that the path that they have set forward. yes, declare stockpile one week. november inspectors in. next year you begin the destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile. those are bench marks that are available and can be reached. i do think it's important to point out we would not be for this point had it not been for the president's credible threat of a use of force. that's what brought the russians to the table and assad to the table and the president laid out a very clear objective. he sa
let's listen to what secretary of state kerry said about that in geneva yesterday. >> in the case of the assad regime, president reagan's old adage of trust but verify, that is a need of an update we have committed to a standard that says verify and verify. >> verify and verify. how do you do that because as greg palkot showed us life does go on to some dedegree degree in damascus. it's difficult to do this in peace time. >> it is difficult there are clear bench marks that you...
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they've decided, as you know charlie, that there are going to be more talks on the nuclear issue in geneva later in october, and i think that's when wer going to start to see how serious both sides are. >> a key meeting on thursday. first time we've seen the secretary of state sit down with the iranian foreign minister. our countries have not had relations for more than 30 years. but then kerry said he thought he could see a deal in three to six months. overly ambitious. >> rouhani, the president of iran, said he wanted a deal in three to six monthses. we asked kerr by about that and he said why not sooner? then the iranian foreign minister said maybe we can do something in a year. these are all areas of negotiation. but the united states is trying to essentially say to iran we'll be a partner with you. if you're serious about this you'll find a willing partner in the united states. >> let's talk about syria, they've reached a deal with russia to give up their chemical weapons without a military option. did the secretary say how that agreement will be enforced by either the u.s. or russia.
they've decided, as you know charlie, that there are going to be more talks on the nuclear issue in geneva later in october, and i think that's when wer going to start to see how serious both sides are. >> a key meeting on thursday. first time we've seen the secretary of state sit down with the iranian foreign minister. our countries have not had relations for more than 30 years. but then kerry said he thought he could see a deal in three to six months. overly ambitious. >> rouhani,...
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. >> the plan hammered out in geneva between u.s. and russia requires the syrian government to submit details of chemical arsenal by friday complete inspections by november and eliminate chemical weapons by the first half of 2014. the two countries did not agree on whether the syrian regime was responsible for the e nerve gas attack this august. it did say hit will be backed up by u.n. resolution to trigger harsh consequences for violation. in the meantime assad's government will remain in power. u.s. france britain will increase support for the moderate rebels battling him. one country paying close attention is israel neighbor and long time foe. after meeting with secretary kerry sunday the prime minister said success would be measured by success not words and sent a warning to iran. >> the international community shows regarding syria will have direct impact on syrian regime's patron iran. >> reporter: later today, that report from the u.n. team that investigated the august gas attack is expected to show chemical weapons were used.
. >> the plan hammered out in geneva between u.s. and russia requires the syrian government to submit details of chemical arsenal by friday complete inspections by november and eliminate chemical weapons by the first half of 2014. the two countries did not agree on whether the syrian regime was responsible for the e nerve gas attack this august. it did say hit will be backed up by u.n. resolution to trigger harsh consequences for violation. in the meantime assad's government will remain...
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. >> that is the mission here in geneva. we both agree that we had a constructivly conversation regarding that. those conversations are conditioning and both of us want to get back to them now. >> we have to reach our professionals with the chemical weapons. the united nations. the design which was to make sure this issue resolves quickly. >> the tone was softer when kerry gave him a warning not to use these talks as a stalling tactic. >> this is not a game. it has to be real. it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible. it has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion. >> behind the scenes arms control experts are holding intense talks about how to destroy the assad regime's arsenal in the midst of an active war zone. progress is unclear but the sticking points are obvious. kerry said if diplomacy fails, military forces still an option. the russians want that threat taken off the table. the u.s. wants russia and syria to take concrete steps quickly and subject it to the request for 30 d
. >> that is the mission here in geneva. we both agree that we had a constructivly conversation regarding that. those conversations are conditioning and both of us want to get back to them now. >> we have to reach our professionals with the chemical weapons. the united nations. the design which was to make sure this issue resolves quickly. >> the tone was softer when kerry gave him a warning not to use these talks as a stalling tactic. >> this is not a game. it has to be...
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right at geneva avenue. we are looking at delays as you make the approach. kristen. >>> leyl announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael" first anniversary viewer's choice show! and now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]
right at geneva avenue. we are looking at delays as you make the approach. kristen. >>> leyl announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael" first anniversary viewer's choice show! and now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]
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even while alleging the dictator has used nerve gas in violation of syria's obligations under the 1925 geneva protocol. u.s. policy is not to out of the assad regime or even encourage the syrian people to do is a so. the president obama has now create ad u.s. interest in pry serving assad in power. we showed you this earlier in the show but president assad spoke to our own greg palkot and repeatedly denied using chemical weapons insisting that the u.n. report that came out is at least inconclusive at this time. douglas feith is author of war and indecision. at the dawn of war on terrorism. former undersecretary of defense for policy under president george w. bush. doug, nice to have you on the program. >> good to be with you. jenna: why do you think our interest is now keeping assad the same man that we say murdered his own people? why are we now preserving him in office? why do you believe that? >> i think that president obama has essentially changed the subject. instead of focusing on the reasons why assad must go, he is now said that we want to work with assad as a partner in eliminating s
even while alleging the dictator has used nerve gas in violation of syria's obligations under the 1925 geneva protocol. u.s. policy is not to out of the assad regime or even encourage the syrian people to do is a so. the president obama has now create ad u.s. interest in pry serving assad in power. we showed you this earlier in the show but president assad spoke to our own greg palkot and repeatedly denied using chemical weapons insisting that the u.n. report that came out is at least...
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the second day artie's polly boyko is in geneva and have more. a lot of people holding their breath in geneva and indeed around the world at the moment while russia is on the u.s.a.'s top diplomats meet to try to come to a diplomatic solution for a way of disarming syria of its chemical weapons a u.s. military strike against syria is currently own course while john kerry and sergey lavrov meet in trying to rush out a viable diplomatic solution to the crisis now some progress has already been made we've received confirmation that you're going to make united nations but they've already received various treaty papers so why not just use the u.n. chemical weapons convention this morning for a meeting between john kerry said a labral of and the international envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi where the leaders all expressed cautious optimism about the prospects of coming to a viable resolution a diplomatic solution to the crisis let's take a listen now that the assad government. joined the chemical weapons convention we have to engage over professional so
the second day artie's polly boyko is in geneva and have more. a lot of people holding their breath in geneva and indeed around the world at the moment while russia is on the u.s.a.'s top diplomats meet to try to come to a diplomatic solution for a way of disarming syria of its chemical weapons a u.s. military strike against syria is currently own course while john kerry and sergey lavrov meet in trying to rush out a viable diplomatic solution to the crisis now some progress has already been...
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of the geneva ii conference. parties in c. should keep in mind the interests of syria and its people realize that the sensational violence as soon as possible, put them into the crisis through dialogue and rebuild on thursday. china hopes the international committee will build consensus and promote early convening of geneva ii conference. china will continue with its support for the mediation efforts of the secretary-general ban ki-moon and joined special reps into the mr. brahimi. mr. president, the syrian issue is highly complex. it is the construction of a chemical weapon by the process of the political settlement will be a place -- safe place. we hope all parties will keep that and compose it. i suppose the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes and stick to the direction of a political settlement to as a permanent member of the security council, china's entry to work with all the parties and make efforts for a comprehensive, proper and long-term settlement of the syrian issue. thank you. >> i think
of the geneva ii conference. parties in c. should keep in mind the interests of syria and its people realize that the sensational violence as soon as possible, put them into the crisis through dialogue and rebuild on thursday. china hopes the international committee will build consensus and promote early convening of geneva ii conference. china will continue with its support for the mediation efforts of the secretary-general ban ki-moon and joined special reps into the mr. brahimi. mr....
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we shall make our guest in order that geneva two can be fruitful. we are discussing today if they have to be invited. but if they accept the mandate, it can be useful. >> rose: you know mr. lazarof, who has been at this table a number of times as well. tell meow you measure what the russians want to do. are they simply trying to save their client! or are they simply trying to flex their own importance and a player? or do they have interests they want to protect? >> i would say that interests in terms of having the harbor of-- that's not really matters. as i see it. when i discuss it very bluntly with mr. lazarof, who i know very well, the answer is always, "we want to avoid chaos." and i said but chaos is not tomorrow. it's today. if you want to avoid chaos you must help to us change the situation. what is the situation? you'd have, on the one hand mbashar al-assad. i would say that his future as the leader of his country seems difficult. >> rose: especially when you have 100,000 syrians dead-- >> and the chemical weapons and permanent disaster and
we shall make our guest in order that geneva two can be fruitful. we are discussing today if they have to be invited. but if they accept the mandate, it can be useful. >> rose: you know mr. lazarof, who has been at this table a number of times as well. tell meow you measure what the russians want to do. are they simply trying to save their client! or are they simply trying to flex their own importance and a player? or do they have interests they want to protect? >> i would say that...
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john kerry met with his counterpart from russia in geneva. the u.s. remains skeptical about any commitments made by the syrian regime. >> john kerry said that he and his russian counterpart counterpart for serious but he rejected a deadline for damascus to layout the details of its chemical weapons. he had four key proposals. first, that serious should join the chemical weapons convention. it must disclose the location of the chemical stockpiles and allow international inspectors in to examine the weapons. and hand over the weapons for destruction. the u.n. says that it has received an application from syria to join the chemical weapons convention which bans the production and use of those arms. the syrian president said the proposal for securing his country's chemical stockpiles would only work if the u.s. dropped its threat of military action. washington insist a strike against syria is an option. >> this will take some time but we also will not deal with the delaying tactics and we believe it is very important to hold assad accountable. >> many pra
john kerry met with his counterpart from russia in geneva. the u.s. remains skeptical about any commitments made by the syrian regime. >> john kerry said that he and his russian counterpart counterpart for serious but he rejected a deadline for damascus to layout the details of its chemical weapons. he had four key proposals. first, that serious should join the chemical weapons convention. it must disclose the location of the chemical stockpiles and allow international inspectors in to...
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gwen: by the end of the week, secretary of state kerry meeting with his russian counterpart in geneva. with the threat of war delayed at least for now, there still remain more questions than answers about what will happen next. we tackle those tonight with peter baker of the "new york times," james kitfield of "national journal," martha raddatz of abc news, and karen tumulty of the "washington post." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as . happens live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with corporate -- funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> at northrup grumman we know in the cyber world threats are always evolving. first we were protecting networks. then the transfer of data. today it's evolved to infrastructure. finance. and military missions. we are constantly innovating to advance the front line in the cyber battle wherever it takes us. that's the value of performance. >> additional funding is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewer
gwen: by the end of the week, secretary of state kerry meeting with his russian counterpart in geneva. with the threat of war delayed at least for now, there still remain more questions than answers about what will happen next. we tackle those tonight with peter baker of the "new york times," james kitfield of "national journal," martha raddatz of abc news, and karen tumulty of the "washington post." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history...
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last weekend legal backing and support of course that deal that will see geneva that will see sorry damascus destroy its chemical weapons stockpile now the u.s. the u.k. and france when the threat of force to remain on the table if president bashar al assad doesn't comply with that u.n. resolution russia say that that is unnecessary where the united nations security council is set to meet next week to discuss that resolution but it seems that despite last week's breakthrough in geneva the diplomatic wrangling and the high stakes diplomacy looks set to rumble on for the coming weeks and months and inside syria the number of al-qaeda linked extremists within the opposition ranks is reportedly growing and they're not just fighting government troops but also that former rebel allies this is taking place near the turkish border civilians are also suffering with the ancient civilian village of most just one area to fall into the hands of jihad as are his correspondent in syria and more if international reports from the syrian village of my lula is where the aramaic language believed to ha
last weekend legal backing and support of course that deal that will see geneva that will see sorry damascus destroy its chemical weapons stockpile now the u.s. the u.k. and france when the threat of force to remain on the table if president bashar al assad doesn't comply with that u.n. resolution russia say that that is unnecessary where the united nations security council is set to meet next week to discuss that resolution but it seems that despite last week's breakthrough in geneva the...
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and that may continue in geneva over whether the u.s. will use the threat of military force to ensure compliance. russia wants that threat of force taken off the table. >> thanks. with us now david sanger chief you want correspondent for "the new york times." obviously the editorial page is very different than the news pages, but what can you tell us about the timing and how this came about? >> i thought it was quite remarkable that a russian president moved this quickly. he clearly wrote this after he heard the president's speech on tuesday night. so it was very fast turnaround time. this is not like the old soviet bureaucracy that putin grew up in when he was a kgb agent. he, i thought, combined three different arguments rather skillfully. one, that he echoed those in congress who questioned whether or not there would be violence in syria that would follow a missile strike and perhaps make the issue worse. then he repeated his somewhat unsubstantiated argument that it was the rebel who launched the chemical weapons attack. and then fin
and that may continue in geneva over whether the u.s. will use the threat of military force to ensure compliance. russia wants that threat of force taken off the table. >> thanks. with us now david sanger chief you want correspondent for "the new york times." obviously the editorial page is very different than the news pages, but what can you tell us about the timing and how this came about? >> i thought it was quite remarkable that a russian president moved this quickly....
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he is live in geneva, switzerland. james? >> good evening from geneva, where a state department official traveling with secretary of state kerry tells me, after two days of talk between the u.s. and russian delegations, quote, there is a real opportunity to move forward towards the dismantling of syria's chemical weapons arsenal. earlier secretary of state kerry and the russian foreign minister lavrov met jointly with the u.n. and arab league envoy on the war, and afterwards all parties pledged to hold a second peace conference for the conflict. it would be called geneva 2 resident, -- but secretary kerry said that mission is second dear to the mission. >> we both agreed to meet in new york around the time of the u.n. general assembly, around the 28th, in order to see if it's possible to find a date for that conference, much of which will obviously depend on the capacity to have success here in the next day, hours, days, on the subject of the chemical weapons. >> sergei lavrov is a famously acerbic character and has delivered
he is live in geneva, switzerland. james? >> good evening from geneva, where a state department official traveling with secretary of state kerry tells me, after two days of talk between the u.s. and russian delegations, quote, there is a real opportunity to move forward towards the dismantling of syria's chemical weapons arsenal. earlier secretary of state kerry and the russian foreign minister lavrov met jointly with the u.n. and arab league envoy on the war, and afterwards all parties...
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we have been pressing iran to say that they accept what we agreed in geneva last year that we need a political solution in syria with the formation of a transitional government made up of regime and opposition with full executive authority and that if they would step that as the starting point for future discussions well, then, it would be easier to discuss these things with them. they haven't yet accepted that, but we will keep pressing them to do so. >> rose: one argument that's being made is that the syrian regime with help from hezbollah and help from iran and help from russia has since seen an uptick in their place on the battlefield and it was tilting towards them and as long as that was the reality, the battleground, or the battlefield they were not inclined >> that's right. i think that has been the situation. but the actual situation on the ground in syria seems to be in conflict with that. the certainian regime has had direct help from iran, from hezbollah, and that has helped them in areas near the border with lebanon. but in other parts of syria in recent months it hasn't
we have been pressing iran to say that they accept what we agreed in geneva last year that we need a political solution in syria with the formation of a transitional government made up of regime and opposition with full executive authority and that if they would step that as the starting point for future discussions well, then, it would be easier to discuss these things with them. they haven't yet accepted that, but we will keep pressing them to do so. >> rose: one argument that's being...
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the world lead, john kerry, boards a plane soon for geneva to negotiate for russia's plan to disarm the syrian regime of chemical weapons. can it work? we'll ask someone that used to have kerry's job, madeleine albright in a cnn exclude active. the national league, the president couldn't get members of his own party on board with striking syria. now that he has spoken, are they happy now, we' ask one of them. senator tom udall joins us and politics, anthony weiner keeps it classy after giving the finger to the press after new york voters gave him the same metaphorically speaking. >> welcome to the lead. we'll begin with the world lead. 12 years ago today the nation stared at division tw i guesses and the diswleef of the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack to ever hit american soil and we have been at war ever since. 12 days ago president obama stated without any ambiguity he decided the u.s. should join yet another middle eastern conflict. that's not happening, at least not yet. after he stated and restated why the u.s. would be justified in attacking the regime, president obama ann
the world lead, john kerry, boards a plane soon for geneva to negotiate for russia's plan to disarm the syrian regime of chemical weapons. can it work? we'll ask someone that used to have kerry's job, madeleine albright in a cnn exclude active. the national league, the president couldn't get members of his own party on board with striking syria. now that he has spoken, are they happy now, we' ask one of them. senator tom udall joins us and politics, anthony weiner keeps it classy after giving...
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he is headed today to geneva, switzerland, where he will meet tomorrow with his russian counterpart in geneva, sergei laugh above. >> brianna keilar reporting live from the white house this morning, thanks. >>> also today diplomatic efforts are in focus at the u.n. where talks continue regarding a french resolution on syria. that would reportedly force syria to declare all chemical weapons within 15 days and open all related sites to u.n. inspectors. if syria refuses it could face punitive consequences. senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is at the united nations to tell us more. good morning, nick. >> reporter: ka are ol, whcarol version was leaked to reuters lace last night, that seemed to run aground because it contained so many elements that the russians have the veto power here at the u.n. certainly weren't going to buy, the russians themselves asked if they could have consultation with the security council at 4:00 yesterday afternoon and out of nowhere seem to have withdrawn that request, now denying they did that. but really i think the diplomatic ball went into
he is headed today to geneva, switzerland, where he will meet tomorrow with his russian counterpart in geneva, sergei laugh above. >> brianna keilar reporting live from the white house this morning, thanks. >>> also today diplomatic efforts are in focus at the u.n. where talks continue regarding a french resolution on syria. that would reportedly force syria to declare all chemical weapons within 15 days and open all related sites to u.n. inspectors. if syria refuses it could...
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but also, you have to remember what they're going to do in geneva is try to come up with a blueprint for how they move forward in terms of getting in and takes these chemical weapons out. that is raising questions in the "wall street journal" about the syrians, are they playing a game? how can we go in and get chemical weapons out. they're meeting with syria's envoy this morning. that meeting is ongoing. we'll have to wait and see what kind of plans they come forward with. >> how difficult is it, based on what we saw happening in iraq, to account for all the weapons and to remove them and to remove them safely because there's a civil war going on in syria. >> that's one of the things that secretary kerry's group, pent gob officials, state department officials are trying to figure out how difficult this can be. you have to remember that mr. assad has asked for 30 days before he has to give a full account of what he has and where he has it. secretary kerry has said that timeline is not going to work for us. literally, they're going to try to figure out over this weekend how much they c
but also, you have to remember what they're going to do in geneva is try to come up with a blueprint for how they move forward in terms of getting in and takes these chemical weapons out. that is raising questions in the "wall street journal" about the syrians, are they playing a game? how can we go in and get chemical weapons out. they're meeting with syria's envoy this morning. that meeting is ongoing. we'll have to wait and see what kind of plans they come forward with. >>...
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. >>> they will meet in geneva to discuss syria getting rid of chemical weapons. syrian president bashar al-assad isn't promising anything until at least a month after signing a deal. good morning, doug. >> the white house is trying to move quickly here. syria and russia trying to slow it down. they wouldn't say much yesterday about the issue that is now consuming the administration. >> i am hopeful that the discussions the secretary has with some of the players in this can yield a concrete result. >> secretary of state john kerry is butting heads with the counter part arriving in syria to talk. syrian dictator bish char al-assad has been moving the stockpile in an effort to make it more difficult to find and eventually remove. the white how thes may have widened the political gulf in washington. >>> it shows how desperate the president is to reach out to any one to find help now which he has no support on capitol hill. he lost support for the american people and he is isolating himself more and more. >> they are aware of the political problems he faces here at ho
. >>> they will meet in geneva to discuss syria getting rid of chemical weapons. syrian president bashar al-assad isn't promising anything until at least a month after signing a deal. good morning, doug. >> the white house is trying to move quickly here. syria and russia trying to slow it down. they wouldn't say much yesterday about the issue that is now consuming the administration. >> i am hopeful that the discussions the secretary has with some of the players in this can...
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the foundations for a settlement were agreed in geneva last year. establishing on the basis of mutual consent, a transitional governing body with full executive power. we are in close touch about convening a second geneva conference as soon as possible. no meaningful political solution can occur without the moderate syrian opposition. we recognize the syrian national coalition as the legitimate representatives of the syrian people. we recognize their commitment to the geneva process and to building a secular democratic and pluralist syria that ensures equal rights for all. on the issue of chemical weapons in syria, the assad regime committed a war crime under international humanitarian law on the 21st of august. launching a large-scale chemical weapons attack on its own people. the first attack on this scale for 25 years. 88 years after such weapons were universally banned. as president obama said here on tuesday, it is an insult to human reason to suggest that the regime was not responsible for this worker and. the international community -- war cr
the foundations for a settlement were agreed in geneva last year. establishing on the basis of mutual consent, a transitional governing body with full executive power. we are in close touch about convening a second geneva conference as soon as possible. no meaningful political solution can occur without the moderate syrian opposition. we recognize the syrian national coalition as the legitimate representatives of the syrian people. we recognize their commitment to the geneva process and to...
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john sciutto joins me from geneva. how did the meetings go at the, jim? >> reporter: two levels of meeting. secretary kerry and the foreign minister and the chemical weapons experts, military experts, both of those equally important, arguably the working level more important because the real goal of these talks is to come out with the framework for how you collect syria's weapons, catalog them ask destroy them. that's what they are after here and that's what secretary kerry says is the test of whether these talks are a success. it's early stages beginning address the issues here and we see some of the differences exposed, you mentioned one on the use of force, another one secretary kerry mentioned this in his first public comments that bashar assad believes he has 30 days before he has to catalog the chemical weapons, that would be standard and secretary kerry says there is nothing standard about the talks, american expectations are for a much quicker delivery and action moving forward. >> assad gave an interview to russian media saying that not only does
john sciutto joins me from geneva. how did the meetings go at the, jim? >> reporter: two levels of meeting. secretary kerry and the foreign minister and the chemical weapons experts, military experts, both of those equally important, arguably the working level more important because the real goal of these talks is to come out with the framework for how you collect syria's weapons, catalog them ask destroy them. that's what they are after here and that's what secretary kerry says is the...
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strike. >> margaret brennan in geneva switzerland. thank you. >>> ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak is back in court regarding the deaths of some 900 protesters. he's in prison for failure to stop the deaths of them. mubarak's conviction was overturneded on appeal and a retrial was ordered. >>> barry bonds says he's ready to serve his sentence after losing an appeal in his obstruction of justice conviction. they ruled against him yesterday. bonds soutd to overturn his conviction for giving evasive testimony to a grand jury about athletes use of performance-enhancing drugs. he was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest and two years of probation. >>> some are calling today's s.e.c. showdown between alabama and texas a&m college football's game of the century. last seasoning ays' freshman quarterback johnny manziel shocked the crimson tide with an upset victory that propelled him to the heisman trophy. but an off-season of controversy and scandal followed leading to a half-game suspension of manziel. let's talk with you. good mornin
strike. >> margaret brennan in geneva switzerland. thank you. >>> ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak is back in court regarding the deaths of some 900 protesters. he's in prison for failure to stop the deaths of them. mubarak's conviction was overturneded on appeal and a retrial was ordered. >>> barry bonds says he's ready to serve his sentence after losing an appeal in his obstruction of justice conviction. they ruled against him yesterday. bonds soutd to overturn...
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in the short run, there's going to be a meeting in geneva in the middle of october and the iranians have said we're going to have a concrete proposal then so there will be a pretty early test of whether there's any substance about the -- behind the charm. >> what about israel? netanyahu spoke this week. it sounded like his watch is running a lot faster. >> his watch is still running at its israeli pace. yes, certainly the netanyahu government are pretty frantic because they see all of the different ways that the iranians could be pulling the wool over our eyes and that leads us to where a lot of the political problem already -- will be in the united states. i mentioned rouhani has political problems at home in tehran. you want to sell this to congress, in israel. a lot of sanctions were imposed by congress. congress gets a vote in taking them off and congress, as we know, moves very quickly and efficiently. gwen: we talked about this big, historic phone call. what was that, do e-- do you know? >> not a whole lot was said. they only talked for 15 minutes. there was interpretation. we're t
in the short run, there's going to be a meeting in geneva in the middle of october and the iranians have said we're going to have a concrete proposal then so there will be a pretty early test of whether there's any substance about the -- behind the charm. >> what about israel? netanyahu spoke this week. it sounded like his watch is running a lot faster. >> his watch is still running at its israeli pace. yes, certainly the netanyahu government are pretty frantic because they see all...
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secretary of state john kerry is in geneva switzerland today participating in another round of talks with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov about the chemical disarmament of syrian military forces the two day meeting will include a full diplomatic teams from both countries as well as chemical weapons experts will discuss the overarching question of how this disarmament will happen the goal is to have a resolution to present to the u.n. by the end of these negotiations and a speech secretary kerry delivered today he set some guidelines for this disarmament this is not a game that i should vote for a surrogate when we talked about it initially. it has to be real it has to be comprehensive it has to be verifiable it has to be credible it has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion and finally there ought to be consequences so the military option is not off the table after all back in syria president bashar all all side has openly agreed to handing over chemical arms in his first interview with reporters since the news of a possible agreement came out the united nations secr
secretary of state john kerry is in geneva switzerland today participating in another round of talks with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov about the chemical disarmament of syrian military forces the two day meeting will include a full diplomatic teams from both countries as well as chemical weapons experts will discuss the overarching question of how this disarmament will happen the goal is to have a resolution to present to the u.n. by the end of these negotiations and a speech secretary...
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less than half an hour ago, our national correspondent james rosen who is in geneva with the secretary went on to ask him a question about how do you enforce this, and the secretary responded, saying, we're going to have to make him. how will they do that? >> to do that, they're going to have to play a game of, on the one hand, threatening the use of force if the assad regime fails to live up to his obligations. that's if the assad regime even agrees to this deal. on the other hand, trying to move the agreement forward by getting inspectors in the country and making sure the assad regem has completely declared its weapons stock. >> they're reporting these weapons stocks we're talking about, and now we know they're admitting to having these weapons in stock, but now they're moving them to various places. how do we get control of them, find out where they are to make sure they're in international control with russia and the united states? >> that's a great question because that's a great challenge. and this is my worry, that a lot of the supporters of this u.s.-russia plan for assad's ch
less than half an hour ago, our national correspondent james rosen who is in geneva with the secretary went on to ask him a question about how do you enforce this, and the secretary responded, saying, we're going to have to make him. how will they do that? >> to do that, they're going to have to play a game of, on the one hand, threatening the use of force if the assad regime fails to live up to his obligations. that's if the assad regime even agrees to this deal. on the other hand,...
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and still a lot of hurdles to overcome in getting to a resolution to back the geneva deal. >> all right, thank you very much, jim sciutto. >>> man running from police and killed by the police car following him. the family is calling it an execution. there is the video there. the medical examiner says it was an accident. you will hear both sides of the story and can decide for yourself. also, the pictures of the little girl with her adoptive parents. she has been at the center of a custody battle that has gone on for half of her life. will they finally, finally get to bring her home? details ahead. so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®. recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any other brand. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. ♪ [ dad ] jan? you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashe
and still a lot of hurdles to overcome in getting to a resolution to back the geneva deal. >> all right, thank you very much, jim sciutto. >>> man running from police and killed by the police car following him. the family is calling it an execution. there is the video there. the medical examiner says it was an accident. you will hear both sides of the story and can decide for yourself. also, the pictures of the little girl with her adoptive parents. she has been at the center of...